# contaminar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contāmināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kun.tə.miˈna]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kon.tə.miˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kon.ta.miˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

contaminar (first-person singular present contamino, first-person singular preterite contaminí, past participle contaminat)
* to contaminate

#### Related terms

* contaminació
* contaminant

### Further reading

* “contaminar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “contaminar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “contaminar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “contaminar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contāmināre.

### Verb

contaminar (first-person singular present contamino, first-person singular preterite contaminei, past participle contaminado)
* (transitive) to contaminate (to make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter)
* to contaminate, to corrupt (to make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* contaminación
* contaminante

### Further reading

* “contaminar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “contaminar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contāmināre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ta.miˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ta.miˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.ta.miˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.ta.miˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ta.miˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.ta.miˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɐ.miˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɐ.miˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.tɐ.miˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: con‧ta‧mi‧nar

### Verb

contaminar (first-person singular present contamino, first-person singular preterite contaminei, past participle contaminado)
* to contaminate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* contaminação
* contaminante

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contāmināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kontamiˈnaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪a.miˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧ta‧mi‧nar

### Verb

contaminar (first-person singular present contamino, first-person singular preterite contaminé, past participle contaminado)
* (transitive) to contaminate
* (transitive) to corrupt
    Synonym: corromper
* (transitive) to profane
    Synonym: profanar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* contaminación
* contaminante

### Further reading

* “contaminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10